TWO South African brothers suspected of posting a hoax e-mail on the Internet claiming that South Africans were involved in the terrorist attacks on the United States were on Wednesday freed on bail. SABC public radio reported that the Bellville Magistrate’s Court, just outside Cape Town, granted William and Christiaan Conradie bail of R10_000 ($1 170 dollars) each. The brothers, aged 26 and 35, face charges of sabotage for allegedly sending out an e-mail purporting to be a CNN report that US Secretary of State Colin Powell had hinted the South African government could be involved in the attacks. It also said that video footage ”revealed that at least three South Africans boarded each fatal plane” which crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. According to reports, they had sent the e-mail to the central Reserve Bank and commercial banks last Thursday. The state prosecutor said the two men may also be charged with fraud as the hoax e-mail had affected the South African economy. – Sapa